Olywest and the municipal vote in Winnipeg

It is worth a comment on the vote Wednesday as it reflects on the Olywest Hog Plant. Of all the comments I heard the best read of the situation was from Joe Bova talking on CBC.

Joe Bova emphasized two things. Joe said that the focus now turns to the provincial government. He emphasized that it was the Gary Doer and the provincial government which brought the Olywest Plant to the City of Winnipeg. He emphasized that up to this point the “provincial government has been hiding in the bushes and now it must come clean.” I will certainly be doing what I can to put pressure on Gary Doer.

Joe Bova also put his view clearly. He indicated that the St. Boniface Industrial Park is the wrong site for the Olywest Plant. I agree with Joe Bova. The Olywest Plant should be located outside the City of Winnipeg, just as the hog plants are located outside the cities of Brandon and Neepewa. I will continue to push for a location outside the City of Winnipeg for the Olywest Hog Plant.